MLB 2018 regular season thread

And he's started twice.

And he was ready for either.

 

3 homers in 19 at-bats ... so if he gets 500 at-bats he'll hit roughly 78 homers, maybe 80.

 

Totally.

 

If he does that, I'll admit he was ready for the season.

 

Depends how many of the 80 come in April.

 

This is what happens to guys who are not ready for the major leagues. They win AL Player of the Week awards on April 9.
Angels’ Shohei Ohtani wins AL Player of the Week award – Orange County Register

 

What did Barry M. Bloom write in his column about that?

 

Jorge Posada falls off Hall of Fame ballot

NEW YORK -- A former Yankees catcher was inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday, but it was not Jorge Posada, who dropped off the ballot after just one appearance. Unlike Ivan Rodriguez, who played 33 games for the Yankees in 2008 and appeared on 336 ballots (76 percent) to gain entry to Cooperstown in his first try, Posada was unable to register the necessary 5 percent needed to remain on the ballot. He picked up just 17 votes (3.8 percent) from members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, who elected Jeff Bagwell and Tim Raines alongside Rodriguez.

 

Why doesn't Shohei Otani suck now?

 

I'm going to be in The OC (don't call it that) in September. Should I go ahead and get my Ohtani tickets now?

 

But Dickie won't.

 

Route your tickets through Salt Lake City just in case.